book chapter
A gender–natural resources tango: Water, land, and forest research
Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future | 2021 | Pages: 38
Publisher(s): international food policy research institute (ifpri)
Open Access | CC BY-4.0
Citation
Joshi, Deepa; Monterroso, Iliana; Gallant, Bryce; Perera, Kokila; and Peveri, Valentina. 2021. A gender–natural resources tango: Water, land, and forest research. In Advancing gender equality through agricultural and environmental research: Past, present, and future, eds. Rhiannon Pyburn, and Anouka van Eerdewijk. Chapter 6, Pp. 221-258. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293915_06
Gender relations shape identities, norms, rules, and responsibilities for women and men, and mediate access to, use, and management of water resources, as well as ownership, tenure, and user rights to land and forests (and related infrastructure, services, technologies innovations and interventions). Natural resource management (NRM) interventions thus have important implications for women’s labor, time, decision-making, and transformational gains